We are coming to the end of our time here in Thailand, and the last few days I have been thinking a lot about everything that we did here and all the people that we met and so forth.
It made me realize one thing about myself, I am so focused on where I am going, that I forget about today!! I am always looking at where we are going next, how we are going to be ministering to the people when we get there, how awesome it is going to be over there and how we are going to help them with all their needs, and through this I totally forget about what I need to be busy with at THIS moment.
I miss so many opportunities to help people that need me or to meet people and share my story with them.
I make excuses for why I am not jogging today, why I am not starting a bible study, why I am not building relationships with the people or whatever because what difference will it make, I am in any case only going to be here for a week or two or three.
It made me realize that it is about more than just the destination, its about the whole journey getting there, it is about the guy sitting next to me on the 12 hour flight to Malaysia, it is about the fellowship with my teammates when we are on our way to the busstop / airport / workplace, it is about the people building next to me each day, its about the kids running to our team every time we walk past their home, its about the person that is going through a rough patch emotionally, financially or spiritually.
It's a bit like climbing a mountain, I am always thinking of getting to the top or how beautiful the sunset is going to be at the top or the food that I am FINALLY going to eat as soon as we reach the top, that I totally forget to enjoy the whole experience of climbing the mountain, chatting and having fellowship with the people that is with me on the journey, and at the end what I am basically doing is I am losing out on so much because I am thinking the whole time about the top and totally forgetting about everything in between the start and the end of the journey
We as Christian's can't just sit here on earth and think about how awesome Heaven is going to be someday, we need to be focused on here and now, we need to live each day as if there is no tomorrow ( in my case as if I am going to be Thailand for the rest of my life), we need to look for God each day and see what He wants us to be busy with at this moment (John 12:26 "If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me and WHERE I AM, THERE MY SERVANT WILL BE ALSO. If anyone servers Me, him My Father will honor". ) Even if we only have one day left at work, at our present school, university or whatever we can make a difference and we can really mean something to the people around us.
We should stop thinking that when I get to "that place" in my life I can start helping people, or when I reached this salary I can start giving to people, or I still need to learn more about God in this and this way before I can start a bible study, or I don't know enough of God to share my faith to the my friend that don't believe in Jesus. We will NEVER get to the point where we want to be, and there will ALWAYS be "some point" just a bit further that we want to get to before we start doing all these things. We should stop waiting for someday and one day and start to take action wherever we are in our lives right now....
So my question to you at this point is where in your life do you think you are missing out on because you are thinking ahead and thinking about ONE DAY.....
"If you don't do it today you are not going to do it tomorrow"- Clara Miles
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